I Am a Cat

After reading this book, I finally understood what it feels like to be "I am always shocked by words". Natsume Soseki describes the story from the perspective of a cat, which can be said to be a cat's eye view of the world. This novel and interesting perspective is full of satire and criticism of Japan's Meiji period. We don't know the true face of Mount Lu, just because we are in this mountain. Many times we are people who are in the whirlpool of society. We are numb and unable to see the existing problems. Looking at this society from the perspective of a cat, we can see the vulgarity and cruelty of the society at that time. I am like a cat, and the cat is me. Natsume Soseki's writing style is spicy and humorous, and the witty plot strikes numb people.

Although I didn't quite understand it, I saw that the author said that he hoped that readers should not lie down casually when reading this book, but should sit upright and read carefully. I still straightened my back a little bit.

When I was a kid, I got this book and read a few pages but didn't understand it. Looking at life from a cat's perspective, once a person has edges and corners, he will suffer hardships and losses when dealing with people in the human world! A smooth person will be able to eat it no matter where he turns; but if the person is angular, not only will it take a lot of effort to turn, but the corners will be painfully worn every time he turns. After all, you are not the only one in this world, and it is impossible for everyone to satisfy you!

One summer day in 1904, after the rain and the sky cleared, a newly born lost kitten walked into the writer's house. "I Am Cat" took this opportunity to start writing. The novel is based on the author's own life. The author said that the world is as unpredictable as a cat's eyes. He used the cat's eyes that can only see through the world and people's hearts to tease and ridicule. It truly reflected the life in Japan during the Meiji period at that time and lashed out at the ferocity, power, and vulgar nature of bourgeois figures and their accomplices. At the same time, it also mocked the empty spiritual life of the intellectuals of that era. His writing style was spicy and humorous. Lu Xun once gave his works high praise. Natsu Soseki's precise and detailed grasp and description of personal psychology pioneered the trend of poetry and novels in later generations. The article "I Am a Cat" uses the cat's eyes to see the world, sees the world from the cat's perspective, and uses the cat to spy on people's hearts. This method is wonderful. The cat he wrote, which still has no name, is definitely the most venomous and sarcastic cat in history. The author's writing style is extremely humorous, which often makes people laugh and at the same time they can't help but admire the author's wonderful writing. For example, it is written that after a long psychological struggle, the cat tasted rice cake for the first time. This is full of fun. The truth that the cat realized in the process of secretly eating rice cake is very wonderful!

It's super good-looking, much better than mindless web articles, which are more suitable for teenagers to read. Natsume Soseki's satire is really spot-on, attacking human nature in all aspects

Human sociality observed in the tone of a cat.

From the perspective of a cat, it depicts the absurdity, boredom or various truths of the human world, with different perceptions from different angles. The seemingly absurd ending tells us that life is like this, and cats are born like this. If everything is useless, then life is meaningless. Treat life well and live well. No matter when.

How to say it? Maybe it's because I'm still young, maybe it's because I haven't experienced severe beatings from society, maybe I haven't learned how to behave, but I read this book and I couldn't understand it. In fact, I can probably understand some of the typical ones, but it's true that I couldn't read this book thoroughly. I feel that if I take it as a percentage, then I understand 5%. I'll read it again later.

It's quite interesting to observe from a cat's perspective.

The debut novel of Natsume Soseki, a giant in modern Japanese literature. When we observe various characters and events from the perspective of a cat, we will be surprised to find that behind the surface elegance is actually cowardice and pedantry, and the world is full of decay and the smell of copper. The author looks down at Japan's society at that time with pungent words that criticize current ills. His writing style is delicate yet profound and sharp. After reading it, you will have a new understanding of the so-called modern civilization. It is a literary classic that cannot be missed.

It talks about some philosophy, and satirizes some phenomena through the short stories told by the characters and their own experiences. Most of them can't understand it, they can't understand it at all [smile]

For me, it is very readable. There are dialogues and narrations. Generally speaking, the articles are written from the perspective of cats and people. The content transitions are also very reasonable. Because it is for readers to read, you can't stay in one scene all the time, otherwise it will lose the appeal of reading. It is inevitable that some parts are not clear or feel a little boring. From my point of view, the author can write such a small thing so thought-provoking. This should be the author's basic skill. All in all, it is a novel worth reading. Although the book was written a hundred years ago, it does not feel outdated at all. If you know that most people are just repeating history, then everything is normal! It's just that as time changes, some new things will continue to appear in our lives, but the core ones have never changed!

My children who are in junior high school strongly recommended this book to me and even borrowed the paper copy - because I said, "You can't read a book unless you borrow it." You must read it to the end and read it carefully. The characters of the teacher and the "master" with gold-rimmed glasses are extremely realistic. Gullibility, arrogance, hypocrisy, arrogance... And other human characteristics are exposed.

To this cat, the chatter between the novice monk and his friends is really noisy!

Written in the third person, using simple vocabulary, humorous and venomous writing to describe the scene, making it easier for readers to imagine and scolding everyone. Recording the identity and behavior of the master and teacher, satirizing the so-called "literati" in the society at that time. Foreign literature appears in many places in the text. Under the economic development of Japan, industrialists are greedy, hypocritical, ignorant, arrogant and pretentious. Human beings are ruthless and selfish (the three-haired cat that the violinist treated as a child died but hoped that "I am a cat" will replace it and blame it) Dongfeng Han Yue, Mi Pavilion, Famous Beauty and Foolishness. Seeing that there are people behind them who are even more ignorant and vulgar than them is really like this. It seems that there is a world outside the world. Although civilization has progressed, self-awareness has also become manifest. There are fewer and fewer big families living under one roof. The owner of the cat in the book is just here to make a joke. . . Hahaha, it's so funny. But the conversation with Mittei is the most interesting part of the book. I also saw how knowledgeable Natsume Soseki is.

With the help of a cat's perspective, you can see all kinds of people. Mr. Myting must have been a very interesting friend in real life.

After reading this book, I can clearly feel that through comparison, sometimes people are worse than cats. In some aspects, the simple thoughts of cats can better reflect the stupidity of people's pretentiousness and self-esteem. The unique artistic technique allows us to observe human nature from a more interesting perspective (the psychological activities of cats, the comparison between cat behavior and human behavior...)

The irony in the humor criticizes social phenomena from a cat's perspective, making it a thought-provoking read. The large amounts of dialogue and detailed descriptions make it highly readable, and the living conditions of the "cat" are interspersed with the narration of "personnel affairs" to avoid a single narrative. Here, we are "cats" and "people"; we are the audience and the actors in the play; and the author lives in a higher dimension and looks at everything in the world as an "outsider".

From the perspective of a cat, you can see a group of literati showing off their coquettishness, humor, and laughter. The two living treasures, Kusha Mi and Mi Ting, are really awesome together. I read a depressing book before, but after reading this book, it is quite a relief. It is worth reading!

The author looks at things from the perspective of a cat. The plot is sometimes interesting and informative, and sometimes full of rational light. The author's satire on some hypocritical and selfish so-called "gentlemen" in Japan is revealed between the lines, which is of great artistic value. A good book

The first time I read this book, it finally took me a long time to read it. The author tells the daily life of a teacher during the Meiji Restoration era from the perspective of a cat. Then express your views on human nature, society and other phenomena. I have to admire Natsume Soseki's depth of thinking, and his predictions are no different from what he is now. Among them, what I like most is his attitude towards life. He feels that life is short because it is experienced in time. But in the end, it is a pity that the cat drowned because of his greed.

Natsume Soseki wrote his first novel in 1909, which was published in the Asahi Shimbun magazine. At first, he only wrote part of it, and then he wrote the continuation part after it was well received. This novel is the beginning of Natsume Soseki's literature

I just saw Chapter 4. Just watch Miting, Hanyue, and Kushami gather together and chat every day. I haven't noticed the taste yet…

Recommended reading, to be honest, there is no need to leave your own slightly weak point of view in every book [Note]

I feel like I'm going to have a brain [almost crying]

"Indifference is human nature, and an upright person is one who doesn't hide it."

It is a very novel thing to look at the protagonist's life from a cat's perspective. A cat's vision, feeling, and hearing are different from those of humans. Moreover, her life is completely different from that of humans. In her eyes, human life is very absurd. This kind of novel is destined to be humorous and satirical. She satirized the empty spiritual life of intellectuals and ridiculed their self-righteous and idle living conditions. They were not satisfied with the status quo, but did nothing to make up for it.

Is the cat dead in the ending?

Coming from a literary field, I also saw this novel in my Chinese language book in the third grade of junior high school.

Set in the Meiji era, the cat finally drowned in the prosperous and stupid world.